Getting Started in Candle Making -- Stocking a Safe and Efficient Work Area -- Stocking Up on the Basics: Equipment and Supplies -- Getting Ready for the Dirty Work: Preparing Your Workspace -- Playing It Safe -- Working with Wax -- Waxing On about the Types of Waxes -- Figuring Out How Much Wax You Need -- Melting Wax -- Venturing into New Ground: Using Wax Additives -- Achieving the Look You Want for Your Candles Again and Again -- Communicating in Candle Lingo -- The Sky's the Limit: Knowing Your Mold Options -- Working with Flexible Molds -- Proper Care and Feeding (er, Cleaning) of Your Molds -- Finding the Perfect Wick -- Understanding How a Wick Works -- Identifying the Types of Wicks -- Matching Your Wick to Your Candle -- Avoiding Lead-Cored Wicks -- Priming the Wick -- Attaching a Tab to Your Wick -- Considering Gel Wicks -- Adding Your Wick -- Deciding Whether Your Wax and Wick Are a Match Made in Heaven -- Creating Simple Projects -- Starting Simple: Basic Molded Candle -- Looking for Elegance: Basic Taper Candle -- Sweetening Things Up: Beeswax Candle -- Using Everyday Objects: Container Candle -- Broadcasting Your Successes - and Remembering Your Failures -- Jazzing Up Your Candles -- Adding Color and Scent -- Coloring Your Candles -- Playing with Fragrance -- Decorating Your Candles with Flair -- Venturing into Applique -- Embedding Items in Your Candle -- Painting Designs on Your Candles -- Trying Sponge Painting -- Leaving Your Mark: Embossing -- Working with Stamps -- Punching Up Your Candles with Stencils -- Embellishing Your Wick -- Making More Advanced Projects -- Mastering an Advanced Technique: Overdipping -- Achieving an Old-World Look: Cracked Candle -- Relaxing on Water: Floating Candles -- Looking for Elegance: Frosted Candle -- Having Fun: Gel Candles -- Maximizing the Look: Layered Candle -- Going for a Classic: Multiple-Wick Candle -- Getting a Little Chilly: Ice Candle -- Adding on the Pounds: Chunk Candle -- Displaying Your Handiwork -- Burning Your Candles the Right Way -- Decorating with Candles -- Giving Candles as Presents -- Storing Your Finished Candles -- Handling Common Candle Problems -- When Your Candle Doesn't Look Its Best: Appearance Problems -- Burning Issues -- Fragrant Blues: Color and Scent Concerns -- Tackling Soap-Making Basics -- Preparing to Make Soap -- Stocking Up on Equipment -- Investing in Materials -- Preparing Your Workspace -- Cleaning Your Workspace and Equipment -- Grasping Soap-Making's Basic Techniques -- Everything Old Is New Again: Hand-Milled Soap -- A Step Ahead of the Game: Making Melt-and-Pour Soap -- Working with Molds -- Delving into Additives -- Using Additives -- Storing Your Soap -- Creating Basic Soap Projects -- Starting Small ... or Not -- Making Melt-And-Pour Magic -- Reshaping Your Home: Basic Hand-Milled Soap -- Fancying Up Your Soap -- Creating Scent-sations: Adding Color and Scent -- The Ins and Outs of Coloring Your Soap -- Scenting Your Soap -- When You Have Sensitive Skin ... -- Going Beyond Basic Soap -- Matching Your Bath: Colored Soap -- Jazzing Up Your Interior: Decorative Soap -- Capturing Your Favorite Smells: Scented Soap -- Looking Inside Your Soap: Variegated Soap -- Inserting Small Soaps Inside a Larger Bar of Soap -- Getting Creative: Embedding Items Inside Your Soap -- Making Your Mark: Imprinted Soap -- Creating a Design: Stenciled Soap -- Getting Fancy: Three-Dimensional Soap -- Rolling It Up: Soap Balls -- Making a Chain: Soap-on-a-Rope -- Creating a Home Spa -- Disappearing in Bubbles -- Relaxing with Bath Salts -- Scrubbing Away with Bath Bags -- Cleaning the Day Away with Shower Gel -- Getting Pampered with Massage Oil -- Creating Your Own Shampoo -- Pampering Your Hands with Liquid Soap -- Sanitizing Your Cooking Area: Kitchen Soap -- Solving Soap-Making Dilemmas -- You Don't Look So Good: Appearance Problems -- Stay Where You Are: Embedding Issues -- You're Not the Soap I Thought You Were: Color and Scent Calamities -- That's Not How You Do It: Soap That's Stuck -- Moving On in the Candle-and Soap-Making World -- Experimenting with Aromatherapy -- A Little Moody Today? Choosing the Right Scent -- Playing It Safe: Cautions When Working with Essential Oils -- Your ABC Guide to Essential Oils -- Playing Mad Scientist: Blending Your Own Scents -- Discovering Great Scents for Candles -- Sniffing Some Fantastic Smells for Soap -- Turning a Hobby into a Business -- Weighing Your Decision Carefully -- Knowing the Rules and Regulations -- Creating a Business Plan -- Minding the Details -- Insuring Your Business -- Setting Your Price -- Packaging Your Product -- Marketing Your Business -- Ten Easy Holiday Decorating Ideas -- Be My Valentine, Please: Heart-Shaped Soaps -- Cutting It Up for the Holidays -- Making Easter Eggs in a Basket -- Painting Festive Holiday Candles -- Trick-or-Treating: Jack-o'-Lantern Fun -- Say, Cheese: Wearing Your Smile on Your Soap -- Going Back to Basics: Simple Votives -- Mold One for Me: Soaps for All Seasons -- Layering One for the Fourth -- Stenciling Shamrock Candles -- Ten or So Great Gift Ideas for Family and Friends -- Serving Up Decorative Soaps in a Glass Bowl -- Harmonizing Sand and Shells with Surf - er, Make That Candles -- Presenting a Candle Gift Basket -- Softening Skin and Hearts: Body Lotion -- Cooking Up Something: A Kitchen Gel Candle -- Finding Fun in a Toy Soap Bar -- Taking It Easy: Foot Oil -- Showing Off Patio Candles -- Concocting a Home-Spa Kit -- When Sleep Is Elusive: Good-Night Votives and Soap -- Making Magical Mosaic Votives -- Ten Super Projects for Kids -- Making a Bead Wax Candle -- Rolling Around in Beeswax -- Pouring a Liquid Gel Candle -- Creating Painted Artwork -- Creating Candleholders -- Helping Out with Precolored Melt-and-Pour Soap -- Bagging Up Bath Salts -- Making Up a Batch of Lip Balm -- Quack, Quack! Embedding Rubber Toys -- Getting Creative with Soap Chunks -- Ten Musts for Attending a Craft Show -- Asking the Right Questions -- Starting Locally -- Selling Out Isn't Necessarily Good -- Thinking About How You Set Up Your Booth -- Remembering the Weather -- Showing Off Your Wares -- Creating a Mailing List -- Chatting with Your Customers -- Offering Rewards to Loyal Customers -- Being There -- Candle-Making, Soap-Making, and Aromatherapy Suppliers -- Candle-Making Suppliers -- Soap-Making Suppliers -- Aromatherapy Product Suppliers -- One-Stop Shopping: Candle and Soap Sites All in One -- Additional Resources for Avid Candlemakers and Soapmakers -- Reading More about Candle Making -- Perusing the Web for Your Soap-Making Pleasure -- Finding Some Information about Cold-Process Soap Making -- Tracking Down Aromatherapy Resources.

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Whether you're a beginner or seasoned craftperson, this fun book offers everything you need to make beautiful, professional-looking candles and soaps at home. You get practical tips on dyeing and scenting wax, using unusual molds, adding embellishments to candles, working with soap ingredients, and even turning your hobby into a business!

Discover How To: Stock a safe & efficient work area Work with all types of wax Add color and scent to your projects Make melt-and-pour soaps Turn a hobby into a business